The Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation rejected the latest appeals filed by Cristina Kirchner, Máximo Kirchner, Florencia Kirchner, and the frontman Lázaro Báez, upholding the execution of assets ordered in the context of the Vialidad case. The decision represents a new judicial setback for the former president and enables the Justice system to proceed with properties linked to the Kirchner family in an attempt to recover part of the money corresponding to the damage caused to the State.
The resolution was adopted by Chamber IV of the Cassation Court, composed of judges Gustavo Hornos, Mariano Borinsky, and Diego Barroetaveña. The court concluded that the defenses' arguments did not present sufficient federal issues to justify an extraordinary intervention by the Supreme Court and confirmed the criteria applied by Federal Oral Court No. 2, responsible for executing the sentence.
The seizure is linked to the sentence issued in the Vialidad case, where the existence of a corruption scheme related to the awarding of public works in Santa Cruz between 2003 and 2015 was established. After updating the amount of economic damage caused to the State, the Justice system set a sum of 685 billion pesos that the convicted individuals must respond to jointly with their respective assets.
In this first stage, the execution covers 111 movable and immovable assets. Of that total, 80 belong to Lázaro Báez, while another 20 are linked to Cristina Kirchner and her children, Máximo and Florencia. Among the properties affected are the Los Sauces Casa Patagónica hotel, apartments located in the city of Río Gallegos, and various lands in El Calafate.
